In 14 communities throughout the country, Aligning Forces for Quality seeks to lift the quality of health and health care by teaming up with those who get care, give care and pay for care. Explore what our communities are doing to improve health care quality.
South Central Pennsylvania
South Central Pennsylvania loves ... barbells, battlefields and good health!
Leadership Team: Healthy York County Coalition
Web site: www.aligning4healthpa.org
Phone: (717) 801-4823
Fax: (717) 854-0377
Program contact: Christine Helwig Amy
Phone: (717) 801-4823
E-mail: camy@wellspan.org
The Healthy York County Coalition (HYCC) leads the area's Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative. The mission of AF4Q is to apply ongoing citizen efforts to improve the quality of health care for all who live, work and play in South Central Pennsylvania. HYCC accomplishes its goals by sharing resources and information, implementing proven practices on the ground and measuring outcomes. The Leadership Team includes people and organizations from five main community stakeholder groups: providers, employers, consumers, community leaders and health plans. Healthy South Central PA health care partner providers (Family First Health, Hanover Hospital, Memorial Hospital and WellSpan Health) have committed to championing the incorporation of more efficient strategies to manage care within their health systems.
AF4Q South Central PA seeks to improve the quality of health care, with initial foci on diabetes, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease. The overall goals of the initiative are to strengthen the partnership between consumers and their health care teams and encourage consumers to take actions based on the information and data they receive.
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Our areas of focus
Aligning Forces for Quality applies a wealth of resources, expertise and training to effect real results in health care quality. Take a closer look at the focuses of our work:
Hear what colleagues and health care experts around the country, including Craig Brammer, Diane Giese and Marshall Chin, have learned about improving health care quality and reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care.